Abroad Quote by Toomas Hendrik Ilves

As a journalist, I try to avoid talking to American diplomats, because I am stunned again and again by just how little grasp they…

— Scott Anderson

In a chaotic world, U.S. diplomats will probably have even less contact with the people they need to reach.

— David Ignatius

It is vital that people are aware of what the Foreign Office can and can't do.

— David Lidington

The real secret about diplomats is that we're trained to say something, when there is nothing to say, and to say nothing when there…

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

When our diplomats advocate for increased humanitarian access, coordinate foreign assistance to help those in need or impose sanctions on individuals committing human rights…

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.

— Margaret Sanger

This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.

— James Reston

I am sure you have met diplomats; they probably travel far less than you do. Okay, they get to know a place very intensely…

— John Gimlette

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.

— Charles de Gaulle

We are committed to the diplomatic process.

— Yoav Gallant

We can't afford to let the international community and the world lose faith in the diplomatic track.

— Condoleezza Rice

Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way.

— Lester B. Pearson